In the present Nasuverse, Roland could find no weakness in himself.
Just as he called himself a Wish-Granting Machine, he could accomplish almost anything possible within the ordinary laws of existence. Yet even so, Roland still discovered many constraints in his everyday actions.
They came not from fate or the world's restraints, but from Roland himself.
Simply put, his vessel was insufficient.
Throughout his past few adventures, Roland had continually formed contracts with dangerous Contract Spirits, advancing at the risk of having even his personality rewritten. Those were choices he had made to survive, to see greater heights, and to obtain eternal peace of mind.
He had abandoned the concept of being human to become an evil dragon born of the world, a demon governing primordial chi. Then he had abandoned the concept of an evil dragon, merging his soul with divine power and erasing even the distinctions of race to become a god on the verge of birth.
From magical energy to true ether, then divine power; from mastermind to savior, then the destined one who touched Heaven-as an individual, Roland had virtually no weaknesses in the broad sense, approaching perfection in both concept and energy.
Even the planet itself had to fear his power.
But even though he could destroy the planet outright, stop time, and travel between worlds, moving onto another parallel World Line or accomplishing something still required a certain process.
In some respects, Sajyou Manaka and Root Shiki were actually more omnipotent than he was, though neither one's energy level could remotely compare to Roland's.
This was also the most crucial step on Roland's path toward true godhood.
His understanding of and connection to the thing called the world.
Already capable of stopping time and tearing space apart with his bare hands, of seeing the